Bonhams Skinner – The Collections of the Historically Significant Goddard Family of Providence, Rhode Island
March 26 – April 5 | Online
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BOSTON — Bonhams Skinner will close out March with the Goddard family collection, highlighted by a Philadelphia Chippendale carved and figured mahogany dressing table, circa 1765.
From March 26 to April 5, Bonhams Skinner will bring this collection to auction. The Goddard family was one of the most prominent families in Providence, R.I., and for generations resided in one of Providence’s finest neoclassical mansions. Over more than two centuries, the family assembled a collection of Eighteenth Century furniture, colonial American silver from Newport, R.I., and Boston, Chinese export porcelain, antique Oriental rugs, and related decorative art from America and Europe.
The highlight of the sale is a Philadelphia Chippendale carved and figured mahogany dressing table, circa 1765, estimated at $100/150,000. Additionally, an early walnut bombe burl musical tall case clock by Jan Christian Sauer (Amsterdam, circa 1765) with astrological dial playing 12 tunes is estimated at $20/30,000.
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CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY CHIPPENDALE DRESSING TABLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, C. 1765.
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